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Method

Measure out the ground spices into a bowl and mix them all together thoroughly.

Put the chocolate and oil in a bowl and place the bowl over a
saucepan of simmering water. Using a spatula, mix the chocolate until it has fully melted and is well combined with the oil. Take the chocolate off the heat and allow to cool to room temperature.

Once cool, add the popping candy and mix well. Pour the mixture through a sieve in order to remove the excess chocolate and then spoon the popping candy on to a parchment-lined tray and spread
with a spoon. Transfer to the freezer for 10 minutes to set.

Break the set popping candy into small pieces and add the
spice mix. Toss them together in the bowl. Keep in an airtight
container until needed.

To decorate the tart:

Sprinkle the spiced popping candy generously over the surface of the tart.

Place the cocoa powder and gold lustre in a sieve and dust over the tart. Add the gold leaf for a really glitzy finish.

Copyright Heston Blumenthal 2010

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Cook's tips

Be sure to store your popping candy in an airtight container so it doesn’t absorb any moisture and start popping too early. Any leftover base can be drizzled with sieved melted chocolate from the decoration to make indulgent but perhaps irregular-shaped biscuits!

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